linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM: vfio: Constify static kvm_device

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:30:06 +0100
From:   Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: vfio: Constify static kvm_device_ops

kvm_vfio_ops is never modified, so make it const to allow the compiler
to put it in read-only memory.

Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
---
 virt/kvm/vfio.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/vfio.c b/virt/kvm/vfio.c
index 8fcbc50221c2..0b305f13489e 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/vfio.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/vfio.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static void kvm_vfio_destroy(struct kvm_device *dev)
 
 static int kvm_vfio_create(struct kvm_device *dev, u32 type);
 
-static struct kvm_device_ops kvm_vfio_ops = {
+static const struct kvm_device_ops kvm_vfio_ops = {
 	.name = "kvm-vfio",
 	.create = kvm_vfio_create,
 	.destroy = kvm_vfio_destroy,
-- 
2.34.1